GRE Word List
WANGLE
achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.
The meaning of the word wangle is achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forfeit | something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture |
| uniformity | sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the same all over |
| recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
| effluvium | noxious(harmful) smell |
| visceral | felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate |
| pen | fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose |
| diffuse | wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse |
| magnitude | greatness (in size or extent); extent |
| befuddle | confuse thoroughly |
| herbivorous | grain-eating; CF. herbivore |
